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â&#x20AC;˘ Yellow is the most visible color of the spectrum, with the human eye processing yellow ďŹ rst. That makes it the logical choice for caution and warning signs, as well as ďŹ re engines, school buses, and taxis. â&#x20AC;˘ Studies indicate that yellow has a stimulating effect on mental processes and the nervous system, and activates memory, which makes it a good color for a room used for studying. However, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also been shown to stimulate appetite, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not recommended for use in kitchens. â&#x20AC;˘ The term â&#x20AC;&#x153;yellow journalismâ&#x20AC;? is used to describe news that hasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t been well-researched, relies heavily on unnamed sources, uses misleading headlines, and sensationalizes the news. The term came about in the mid-1890s during a circulation war between two newspapers, Joseph Pulitzerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York World and William Randolph Hearstâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s New York Journal. Both were accused of exaggeration of news events, scandal-mongering, and misleading stories in an attempt to drive up sales.

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• We’ve been looking up telephone numbers in the Yellow Pages since 1883, when a Cheyenne, Wyoming, printer was compiling a regular telephone directory and ran out of white paper and used yellow instead. The first official Yellow Pages directory for business listings came along in 1886. We didn’t start letting our “fingers do the walking through the Yellow Pages” until 1962 when a Massachusetts commercial designer named Henry Alexander designed the “walking fingers” logo. A year later it became the national trademark.

• John Hertz was a Chicago automobile salesman in 1907, and, finding himself with a surplus of seven used cars, decided to transform them into taxicabs. After reading a University of Chicago study that yellow was the color most visible from a distance, he painted the vehicles and the Yellow Cab Company was born. It wasn’t long before he had a fleet of 40 taxis, and by 1925, it was the largest taxi company in the world with 2,700 cabs. In 1929, Hertz sold his shares of Yellow Cab to focus his attention on his new rental car business.

• The Beatles’ song “Yellow Submarine” was composed in 1966 by Paul McCartney, who wanted to write a simple

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children’s song about a submarine “where all your friends are with a band.” As with other Beatles songs, many listeners tried to read references to drugs into the song. A month after the song debuted, certain barbiturate capsules started to be known as “yellow submarines.”

McCartney has always claimed it was just a nonsensical song for children about an ancient mariner. The water sounds on the recording were created by John Lennon blowing bubbles through a straw into a pan of water and others twirling chains in a tin tub. An animated film of the same title featuring The Beatles as cartoon characters followed in 1968.

• Tony Orlando and Dawn released “Tie a Yellow Ribbon” in 1973, and after three weeks, three million records had been sold in the U.S. It was #1 on the charts for four weeks that April. The gist of the song is that someone who has “done his time,” presumably a convict, is on his way home, but is uncertain whether he will be welcome. He asks his love, if she wants him back, to tie a yellow ribbon around the old oak tree in front of the house where the bus will pass by. The end result is 100 yellow ribbons around the tree.

This was not a new tradition, and may even date back to the Civil War when women wore a yellow ribbon in their hair to signify their devotion for their U.S. Cavalry soldiers. In 1979, when the U.S.Embassy in Iran was seized and the staff was held hostage, yellow ribbons

were seen on trees across the nation as a symbol of support. They are also displayed for soldiers returning from the Persian Gulf.

• Yellow means different things in the cultures around the world. Many see yellow as the color of happiness, enlightenment, sunshine, and Spring. In fact, over 80% of people around the world agree that it’s the color of happiness. Yet it’s the color of mourning in Egypt, the color of sadness in Greece, and represents jealousy in France. In India, yellow represents a merchant or a farmer. In North America, we refer to a coward as yellow or yellow-bellied, yet in Japan the color yellow represents courage. Some religions associate yellow with deity, and the garb of religious leaders is yellow.

In China, it is the color of glory, virtue, and wisdom. At one time, Russians referred to an insane asylum as the “yellow house.”

• Why do bananas change from green to yellow?

Before the fruit is picked, it is green because of chlorophyll in the skin. After it is picked, hormones convert amino acids into ethylene gas, which produces several enzymes. The enzymes stop the chlorophyll supply and the yellow carotenoids present in the bananas replace the green color.

• Cycling fans will be familiar with the term maillot jaune, which is the yellow jersey worn by the leader of the Tour de France race, a practice that was put into place in 1919. During each stage of the race, the time each rider takes is totaled. The rider with the lowest overall time at the end of each stage receives the ceremonial yellow jersey and starts the next stage. Whoever has the yellow jersey after the last stage is the overall winner of the Tour.

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KINDS OF CATS â&#x20AC;˘ There are 41 breeds of pedigree cats recognized by the Cat Fanciers' Association. Breeds of the domestic dog differ greatly in size, form, and shape. But in the domestic cat family, there is no equivalent of the Great Dane or dachshund. The smallest full grown cat weighs three pounds; the largest about 18 pounds, for a differing factor of six. However, a St. Bernard can weigh 300 times as much as a Yorkshire terrier.

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to distinguish the lighted doorway even when it looked dark to humans. Cats consistently chose the correct door even when there was only one-sixth of the amount of light needed for humans to distinguish it.

â&#x20AC;˘ A male cat is called a tom cat because of a popular story published in 1760 called â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Life and Adventures of a Cat.â&#x20AC;? The hero of the story was named Tom.

â&#x20AC;˘ Cats and monkeys were both used in an experiment in which they were presented with two boxes. One box had a buzzer buzzing or a bell ringing, and the other did not. The treat was in the box making noise. It took the monkeys an average of 437 trials to learn the rules of the game and ďŹ gure out where the treat was hidden. Cats learned it in only 33 trials. Cats learned so much faster perhaps because hearing is very instrumental in their hunting techniques, whereas monkeys are mainly vegetarian and don't rely on their ears to ďŹ nd food.

â&#x20AC;˘ The word for cat in the ancient Egyptian language was â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;miuâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and in Chinese it's â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;mao.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; In Arabic it's â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;qittahâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; which is very similar to the English kitty. In German it's â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;kataâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;; in French â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;chatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;; in Polish â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;kotâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;; and in Spanish â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;gato.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;˘ A single pair of breeding cats, assuming all offspring survive, can produce 65,536 cats in ďŹ ve years.

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â&#x20AC;˘ One study showed that neutered cats live an average of three years longer than unneutered ones.

â&#x20AC;˘ Cats trample your lap with their paws because when they were kittens drinking milk from their mother, that action stimulated the ďŹ&#x201A;ow of the milk.

â&#x20AC;˘ Whiskers are important hunting tools. Studies have shown that a cat with whiskers intact can kill cleanly at the ďŹ rst bite in both light and darkness. A cat with damaged whiskers, however, kills cleanly in the light but not in the dark. Whiskers are a guidance system than can sense the outline of the prey and direct the cat where to sink the teeth for maximum effect. Whiskers also help a cat maneuver in the dark. Cats living in dark environments such as cellars grow longer whiskers than cats living in the light. A cat has an average of 24 whiskers, twelve on each side. â&#x20AC;˘ Cats are carnivores. They will become ill on an all-vegetarian diet. â&#x20AC;˘ The claws of a cat are the sharpest and most hooked of all mammal claws. A cat must scratch at things such as furniture, trees, or scratching posts not to "sharpen" its claws, but to remove the old sheaths that cover the claws. A cat also scratches because there are scent glands on the underside of the footpads, so scratching is also a method of marking its territory. A cat without claws is not only psychologically damaged but is also unable ever again to climb, hunt, or defend itself. â&#x20AC;˘ Cats can jump ten times the length of their bodies.

When dropped upside-down from a height of only ten inches (25 cm), a cat can right itself in mid-fall and land on its feet.

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â&#x20AC;˘ The manx, a tailless cat, is not a true breed. The special characteristics of a true breed must hold true through many generations of breeding. Manx cats, when bred, almost always produce at least one kitten with a tail.

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â&#x20AC;˘ A cat rubs its head against things to mark them with its scent. Cats have scent glands in their forehead and around their mouths. â&#x20AC;˘ Not all cats bury their poop. In a study of feral cats, it was found that the dominant tom cat in the area will leave his poop unburied in a very prominent spot where every cat in the neighborhood will be aware of it. â&#x20AC;˘ Every time a cat rubs against something or sprays it with urine, it is marking its territory. The scent immediately begins to wear off. A cat prefers to return to its marking posts frequently to see if anybody else has been there, and to renew its scent. That is why a cat perpetually wants to go outside, then comes in again, only to want out once more. â&#x20AC;˘ Cats will typically sleep 16 hours out of every 24. That means that a nine-year-old cat has only been awake for a total of three years. â&#x20AC;˘ Cats in the wild will normally kill prey immediately with a single bite. But domestic cats that don't do much hunting may consider the capture of prey a momentous occasion and will prolong the experience as long as possible. This could explain why they play with their prey before killing it. â&#x20AC;˘ One study attempted to discover if farm cats would catch more mice if they were not fed anything besides what they caught. The results were inconclusive because cats fed extra food stayed at that farm, but cats that were never fed moved to other farms where they could get better hand-outs. â&#x20AC;˘ Cats can't see in total darkness, but they can see in a lot less light than humans. One researcher performed an experiment in which cats were taught there was a treat hidden behind a lighted doorway, but no treat was behind the unlighted doorway. He then gradually reduced the amount of light. He found that cats were still able

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1. The song "Twilight Zone" was used in the second-season finale of "The Americans" TV series. Name the band.

2. Name the artist who released "You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine."

3. "Spill the Wine" was released by Eric Burdon and which band?

5. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of ants called?

4. Who released "I'll Follow the Sun," and when?

6. MATH: What is the name of an angle that is more than 90 degrees but less than 180 degrees?

7. HISTORY: Which country gave the Statue of Liberty to the United States?

5. Name the song that contains this lyric: "When I'm feeling blue, all I have to do Is take a look at you, then I'm not so blue, When you're close to me, I can feel your heart beat, I can hear you breathing near my ear."

8. INVENTIONS: Who invented the mercury thermometer?

9. CHEMISTRY: What element does the Br symbol stand for?

10. ANCIENT WORLD: Which key figure in the Trojan War was described in literature as having "the face that launched a thousand ships"?

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5. "A Groovy Kind of Love," by the Mindbenders in 1965. It reached No. 2 on both the U.S. and U.K. charts, but Phil Collins took it to the top in 1988 with his version, a slow ballad, that was used in the film "Buster."

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Kudos to film producer Jennifer Nelson, who while making a documentary about the song "Happy Birthday," decided to sue Warner/Chappell instead of paying a $1,500 royalty fee. Warner expected to make upward of $14 million in the next 15 years from the royalties, but instead gave up the fight. By agreeing to settle, Warner avoided a costly trial and didn't risk punitive damages from collecting licensing fees it may not have had the rights to collect.

Warner will pay defendants to the tune of $4.62 million, a small portion of the estimated $50 million it has collected in fees over the years it claimed the rights, not to mention the interest fees that money brought. But don't cry for Warner/Chappell, it's already blamed its operating loss on the expenses related to the "Happy Birthday" settlement. *** J.J. Abrahms has been busy producing "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," doing pre-production on "Star Wars: Episode VIII" for a December 2017 opening and developing "Star Wars: Episode IX," set for May 2019. He's also got "10 Cloverfield Lane," a blood relative of his 2008 film "Cloverfield" in which a woman (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) wakes in a cellar after a car crash and is told by a survivalist (John Goodman) that he saved her life and a worldwide chemical attack has left the earth uninhabitable. Abrahms is currently putting the finishing touches on "Star Trek Beyond" for a July 22 opening.

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You can catch Fiona on Saturday, March 19, at 8 p.m. ET/PT in the original Lifetime thriller "Mommy's Little Girl." Fiona plays Theresa, a young woman whose husband died shortly after they were married, so she left her infant, Sadie, in the care of her paternal grandmother, unaware that the bitter, resentful woman isolated the girl, never allowing her to socialize with other children, leaving Sadie ill-equipped to handle real life.

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FAMOUS DEAF PEOPLE March is Deaf History Month, an appropriate time to pay tribute to these who have overcome the odds.

• At about age 30, composer Ludwig van Beethoven began experiencing severe tinnitus, a “roar” in his ears that made conversation and playing at concerts extremely difficult. Yet it didn’t stop him from composing hundreds of musical works, including nine symphonies, seven concerti, 32 piano sonatas, 16 string quartets, and scores of chamber music pieces.

There are differing opinions on what caused composer Ludwig van Beethoven’s deafness, including typhus, lead poisoning, or his habit of immersing his head in cold water to stay awake. An analysis done on a piece of his hair revealed an exceptionally high level of lead in his system. It’s also possible that his inner ear developed lesions that led to his deafness.

• An illness thought to be scarlet fever or meningitis robbed 19-month-old Helen Keller of her hearing and sight. At age seven, 20-year-old Anne Sullivan entered her life and began spelling words into Helen’s hand. It was the beginning of a friendship that would endure for 49 years. At Radcliffe College, Helen became the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree. She published her autobiography, The Story of My Life at age 22, followed up by another book five years later, and another 10 during the course of her life. She met every U.S. President from Grover Cleveland up to Lyndon B. Johnson, who awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. When asked if she could choose between deafness and blindness, she said she would choose to be blind because “blindness separates us from things, but deafness separates us from people.”

• Marlee Matlin is the only deaf person to win an Academy Award, something she accomplished at age 21 in 1986 as Best Actress for Children of a Lesser God. Being deaf since the age of 18 months from a genetic malformation didn’t stop Matlin from pursuing acting at an early age.

At seven, she started as Dorothy in a stage production of The Wizard of Oz. In recent years, she’s had a recurring

past 15 years, has been used as an equivalent for going to the bathroom.

by Samantha Weaver * It was Founding Father Thomas Paine who made the following sage observation: "He who would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself." * Most people prefer to kiss with their eyes closed; however, of those who do prefer to keep their eyes open, the vast majority are men. * It's well-known that a certain segment of native Londoners speak in a dialect known as Cockney, which makes frequent use of rhyming slang -- some classic examples are "dog and bone" for "phone" and "apples and pears" for "stairs." A more recent addition to the vocabulary is "Donald Trump," which, for at least the

* If you watch TV or movies at all, you've probably seen some variation of the Humane Society disclaimer "No animals were harmed in the making of this program." You may not have considered that it's also applicable to insects, but those who make the programs certainly do. In fact, if you see a bug being destroyed in a contemporary movie, it's a safe bet that the bug was dead before the scene was shot. There are even people who stuff dead bugs with a sort of cream to fill it out -- and to ensure a satisfying squish for the camera. * You may be surprised to learn that many people never even feel it when they're bitten by a venomous snake.

(They certainly experience the aftereffects, though.) *** Thought for the Day: "In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you." -- Mortimer J. Adler (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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• After a bout with scarlet fever and a severe blow to the head, at age 14, Thomas Edison was left with 20% hearing in one ear and none in the other, although he considered himself deaf. He maintained that his loss of hearing helped him to be a better scientist. Dealing with dyslexia in addition to his deafness, Edison spent just three months in public school, before his mother chose to deal with his disabilities by homeschooling him. Credited with close to 1,100 patents (still a record number for one person), this brilliant inventor filed for a new patent on the average of every five days. Although we mainly remember his “big” inventions, such as the stock ticker, voting machine, motion picture camera and projector, phonograph, and incandescent light bulbs, Edison was also the inventor of waxed paper. He was often quoted as saying, “Genius is one percent inspiration and 99% perspiration.”

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SLOTHS How much do you know about the sloth?

You’ll be wiser about these mammals after examining the facts.

• These medium-sized tropical mammals are related to anteaters and armadillos and live in the jungles of Central and South America. Species of sloths differ by the number of claws on their front feet and are simply called the two-toed sloth and the three-toed sloth. Other than that, they look pretty much the same, although the two-toed sloth is slightly bigger, about 27 inches (68 cm) long, weighing about 18.75 lbs. (8 kg.)

• The sloth’s claws are 3 to 4 inches (8 to 10 cm) long and make walking on the ground very difficult. As a result, sloths spend most of their time in the tall trees.

They eat and sleep in the trees and mate and give birth in the trees. They do occasionally drop themselves into the water for a swim.

• A sloth is a herbivore (plant eater) and more specifically a folivore, a herbivore that eats primarily leaves. Their 12-inch (30.5 cm) long tongues enable them to collect leaves from distant branches. Because leaves provide very little energy or nutrients and do not digest easily, the sloth’s stomach is very slow-acting with several compartments. About 65% of a sloth’s body weight is made up just of the contents of its stomach. It can take a month or more for the digestive process to be completed.

• The sloth’s metabolic rate is very low as is its body temperature. It has only about a

quarter as much muscle tissue as other animals its size, about 25% of total body weight.

• The sloth’s scientific name is Bradypus, which translates from the Greek for “slow feet.” It’s an apt name, since the sloth is the world’s slowest animal. They have very little energy and move only when necessary and even then, only at a maximum speed of about 6.5 feet (2 m) per minute. It moves so slowly that algae grows on its fur. This does work to an advantage, however, since the algae’s green color camouflages the animal in the trees, protecting it from predators. Moths, beetles, cockroaches, and fungi also make their home in the sloth’s fur.

• A sloth is much more comfortable in the water and can move three times faster in water than on land, while easily performing the breaststroke.

• Sloths are not particularly friendly animals and prefer to live alone. Their idea of a social activity is sleeping in a tree with another sloth.

• Three-toed sloths have extra neck vertebrae that enable them to turn their neck 270 degrees.

• The pygmy three-toed sloth can only be found on the Isla Escude de Veraguas off the coast of Panama. Only 79 of this endangered species remain.

• Sloths were brought to the public’s eye when animated versions became movie stars. In 2002, Ice Age was released by 20th Century Fox, a film which featured Sid, a prehistoric sloth who teams up with Manny the Mammoth to survive the Paleolithic ice age. The fifth Ice Age film is set to be released in 2016. Another computer-animated movie The Croods features a prehistoric family in the Pliocene Era who have a pet sloth named Belt.

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INFUSE YOUR FOOD WITH ASIAN FLAVORS If you're tired of cooking the same thing over and over, try infusing your recipes with new flavors.

Asian cooking techniques and flavors encompass thousands of sauces and condiments. Here's a quick overview of several different types of popular Asian sauces, pastes, oils, wines and vinegars that will open up a new world of possibilities for spicing up your evening meals.

ASIAN SAUCES: *Soy sauce: Made from traditionally fermented soybeans and wheat, soy sauces have a dark color and a slightly sweet, mildly salty flavor that isn't overpowering. *Dark soy sauce: Soy sauce mixed with molasses and cornstarch to sweeten and thicken to a syrupy consistency. *Tamari: A gluten-free soy sauce made without the traditional addition of wheat. It has a saltier, stronger, savory flavor that is perfect for seasoning meat, vegetables, cooking liquids, sauces and marinades, or as a condiment for rice or noodles. *Hoisin sauce: This dark, rich, paste-like sauce has a spicy-sweet flavor and reddish brown color. It's often referred to as *Chinese barbecue sauce. Hoisin sauce typically is made from fermented soybeans, vinegar, garlic, sugar, red chilies and Chinese spices, plus various other spices and starches for thickeners.

*Plum sauce: Plum sauce is made from a combination of salted plums, apricots, yams, rice vinegar, chiles, sugar and other spices. It varies in flavor from sweet to tart to salty, and its texture ranges from smooth to a chunky, jam-like texture.

*Sesame oil: A dark amber, aromatic oil pressed from toasted sesame seeds used on a finished dish.

*Char siu sauce: A combination of fermented soybeans, vinegar, tomato paste, chiles, garlic, sugar and Chinese spices.

*Sambal: Very spicy chili paste made from ground red chilies, vinegar, lime juice, garlic or other flavoring agents. Usually combined with other ingredients, in small quantities, to make a sauce.

*Black bean sauce: Made of salted black beans and rice wine; has a savory, slightly salty flavor that sometimes gets a little kick from garlic and hot chiles.

*Sesame paste: A thick, peanut-buttery paste, made from toasted white sesame seeds.

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OILS AND PASTES:

*Rice vinegars: Less acidic, slightly sweet with a mild, less tart flavor. Variations include black, red, seasoned, Chinese and Japanese.

*Chile oil: This reddish-orange oil comes from infusing whole, dried red chiles or crushed red pepper flakes in oil.

*Mirin: Sweet, low-alcohol rice wine widely used in Japanese cuisine. Can be used as a substitute for vinegar or wine, or used as a glaze or marinade.

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1. IRS Impersonation Scams 2. Sweepstakes Scams 3. Robocalls/Unwanted Phone Calls 4. Computer Tech Support Schemes 5. Identity Theft 6. Grandparent Scams 7. Elder Financial Abuse 8. Grant Scams 9. Romance Scams/Confidence Fraud 10. Home Improvement Scams There are ways to avoid becoming a victim: Step 1 is to use Caller ID and an answering machine.

If you don't recognize the number that's calling, don't answer. However, scammers now know how to "spoof" phone numbers and can make it appear that the number is coming from anywhere. Answering a scammer call does two things: It lets scammers know that someone is at that number, and it puts you in the position of being a potential victim.

Which makes Step 2 even more important if you get a scam call: Hang up, quickly. You're under no obligation to talk to anyone you don't know on the phone, especially if they ask you for information or make you uncomfortable in any way.

Step 3 is to get details about how each type of fraud is perpetuated. The committee has put together a 48-page guide that describes each one in detail. Go online to www.aging.senate.gov and search for "Fighting Fraud Guide."

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The key fact to remember is that a person who has depression won't just snap out of it. Help is needed, and a trip to the doctor is the first step. A physician can prescribe antidepressants, which generally work well. (If you're already on antidepressants and have side effects, don't give up. They can fade over time, but do tell your doctor about them.) If the first type doesn't work, there are others your doctor can prescribe until he finds one that works and at the right dose. A doctor also might suggest psychotherapy, which can help by identifying situations that might have made the depression worse, or even be the cause.

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For more information, go online to www.nimh.nih.gov and put "depression in seniors" in the search box. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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754 224 2985 or 754 367 4174 * On March 17, 1901, paintings by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh are shown in Paris, causing a sensation across the art world. Van Gogh had committed suicide 11 years earlier after selling only one painting.

* On March 20, 1823, Ned Buntline, the "dime millionaire" and discoverer of Buffalo Bill, is born in New York.

More than any single writer, Buntline was responsible for creating a romanticized and misleading image of the American West. He once said, "I found that to make a living I must write 'trash' for the masses." * On March 18, 1834, in England, six English agricultural laborers are sentenced to seven years of banishment to Australia's penal colony for their union activities. Their crime: They agreed that they would not accept work for less than 10 shillings a week. * On March 16, 1978, the oil tanker Amoco Cadiz wrecks off the coast of France. Although the French navy dropped bombs to open the hull immediately, releasing the oil where it was, much of the 68 million gallons of oil drifted to the coast. * On March 11, 1861, delegates from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas adopt the Permanent Constitution of the Confederate States of America. It provided for sixyear terms for the president, who was ineligible for successive terms. * On March 10, 1876, the first discernible speech is transmitted over a telephone system when inventor Alexander Graham Bell summons his assistant in another room by saying, "Mr. Watson, come here; I want you." Bell had received a telephone patent three days before, filing just hours before another inventor, Elisha Gray. * On March 12, 1888, agreeing to cooperate with a policy adopted by Congress, China approves a treaty forbidding Chinese laborers to enter the United States for 20 years.

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 barred immigrants based on race and nationality for the first time.

* On March 14, 1922, John "Jack" Mack, co-founder of one of North America's largest heavy-duty truck makers, is killed when his car collides with a trolley in Pennsylvania. The expression "it hit me like a Mack truck" (meaning something that creates a powerful impact) is part of the American lexicon. * On March 7, 1923, The New Republic publishes Robert Frost's poem "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening."

The poem, beginning with the famous line "Whose woods these are, I think I know," has introduced millions of American students to poetry. * On March 13, 1942, the Quartermaster Corps of the United States Army begins training dogs for the new War Dog Program, or K-9 Corps. Tens of thousands of dogs had served during World War I, the most famous being Rin Tin Tin. * On March 8, 1951, the Lonely Hearts Killers, Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez, are executed in the electric chair in New York. The couple had schemed to seduce, rob and murder women who placed personal ads in newspapers. * On March 19, 1957, Elvis Presley puts a $1,000 down payment on a new home for his parents, a southern Colonial mansion on a 13.8-acre wooded estate. Presley agreed to purchase the Tennessee home called Graceland for $102,500. * On March 15, 1968, construction begins on the Eisenhower/Johnson Memorial Tunnel in Colorado. Cutting through the Continental Divide at an average elevation of 11,112 feet, it is America's highest vehicle tunnel. * On March 9, 1981, a nuclear accident at a Japanese power plant dumps 16 tons of radioactive waste into Wakasa Bay. Despite the risk to people eating contaminated fish, the public was not told of the spill for more than a month. Fish in the area displayed mutations for several years afterward. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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this cheer: "Four and four is half of sixteen ... all for [the team], do the lean, lean!" And then we all leaned to the right and then we leaned to the left. We did this for little apparent reason or effect, because whatever we were doing wasn't helping the team we leaned for, unless our game plan was to get destroyed by Florida State.

I WILL NOT WATCH YOU NAE-NAE One day, during the Reagan administration, my father put on a college football game. The quarterback was a hotshot by the name of Boomer. Boomer was tossing touchdowns, cheerleaders were flinging all about and the stadium was going accordingly wild.

"That's why you want to go to a big college," my great, successful father, told me.

Not one ever to quarrel with any edict passed down by my parental guidance, I made them proud by attending just such a school, attaining mediocre heights. And I remember my very first football game as a member of the student section.

I remember the first key play of the game. Why? Because there was this one dude standing on a riser in plastic shades shaking his car keys, admonishing us through megaphone technology to go ahead and shake our own keys! That cheer, I am guessing, would have been made more effective if we had, indeed, more than one solitary key and a flaccid, laminated dining card on our keychains.

Then, as we made annoying little fwappy flapping sounds with our key and card combo, we were offered

But that was then, and it was nothing a little Winona Ryder flick on the VHS couldn't cure. Fast-forward to today, and it's a whole new world. Student sections are all the rage, and while that's kind of cool in theory, in practice it often is not.

We get it. You're young and enthusiastic. You need things to occupy your time 45 minutes before tipoff and 4.5 years before you occupy Wall Street. Nobody begrudged you that one week you all went viral and poured milk on your heads or did the Harlem Shake. But come on, lighten up a bit.

When ESPN does a remote from your prestigious college home court four hours before tipoff and you're screaming like a banshee in face paint, you do not have to keep claiming that you're No. 1. First of all, you're not No. 1. Put your finger down. Secondly, you're freaking out as if you took the brown acid every time the camera cuts to you. It's high time (no pun) to reassess.

Can't you let up on the throttle a bit and just enjoy the game? Cheer like crazy, sure, but if you are cheering full force for six hours on a Sunday at a Catholic university, you've got to be either off-your-meds crazy or on crazy meds. You're at least suspect.

I'm tired just watching you whip, but watching you naenae, too? I'd rather watch the game.

Mark Vasto is a veteran sportswriter who lives in New Jersey. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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Please Support Our Advertisers The guideline specifically states: "Fetal ultrasound should be performed only when there is a valid medical reason, and the lowest possible ultrasonic exposure settings should be used to gain the necessary diagnostic information." I don't have enough information to know why your daughter-in-law has had more ultrasounds than is usually recommended for a normal pregnancy.

Perhaps her obstetrician has a low-level concern she hasn't shared with her, or your daughter-in-law with you.

HOW SAFE IS ULTRASOUND? DEAR DR. ROACH: Could you please discuss the use of ultrasounds during routine pregnancies? How many typically are performed, and are there any possible negative effects on the fetus? Are doctors today performing more ultrasounds (including 3-D ultrasounds) just because they can and because it's exciting for the expectant parents, or is there a medical reason for performing these?

My daughter-in-law is in her sixth month and has had two ultrasounds, plus a 3-D session. She is under the impression that she will have at least one more. To my knowledge, this is not a high-risk pregnancy (she's 26 and everything is going fine). I'm just wondering if so many sessions are really needed and what is known about the effects on the fetus. -- G.M. ANSWER: There is some controversy over whether an ultrasound poses risks to the developing fetus. The Food and Drug Administration has noted that there may be some heating of tissues and that any long-term risks are unknown. I did find studies showing that there is no long-term risk of leukemia, hearing loss or abnormal eye development.

A 2013 guideline from multiple groups, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, recommended a standard first-trimester ultrasound, and a standard second- or third-trimester ultrasound. Any other ultrasounds would be based on a clinician's concern for a potential problem.

While not the case for her, I am concerned about the growing trend of so-called keepsake ultrasounds that are not performed for valid medical reasons, such as those done in shopping malls. These might not be administered with the same degree of expertise and safety as a medical ultrasound. *** DEAR DR. ROACH: I am 78 and have had urinary tract infections continually for the past eight or nine months.

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ANSWER: Frequent urine infections are common. However, it is important to find out if this is the same infection that hasn't ever gone away, or a series of new infections.

An infection that doesn't go away needs an evaluation for something abnormal in the urinary tract, such as a kidney stone. Your urologist is treating you with medication to prevent new infections. Methanamine is a urinary antiseptic, and cephalexin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic.

You didn't tell me if you are a man or a woman. Men with recurrent infections should be evaluated for prostate issues. Women with recurrent UTIs frequently are affected by atrophic vaginitis. There are many other causes. It's worth discussing further with your urologist. *** Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu. To view and order health pamphlets, visit www.rbmamall.com, or write to Good Health, 628 Virginia Drive, Orlando, FL 32803. (c) 2016 North America Synd., Inc. All Rights Reserved

short time period and stressed the importance of preventive strategies.

Parker ED, Sinaiko AR, Kharbanda EO, et al. Change in weight status and development of hypertension. Pediatrics. Published online February 19, 2016.

Heart Disease Detected in Obese Children Obesity Linked to Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma Obese children may show signs of heart disease as young as 8 years old, according to an abstract presented earlier this week at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions in Orlando, Fla. Researchers used cardiac imaging technology to compare the hearts of 20 obese children with 20 nonobese children, and found that the obese children had 12 percent thicker heart muscles, a sign of heart disease. Forty percent of the obese children were classified as “high risk” because of the heart muscle thickening.

A study published earlier this year in the Journal of Pediatrics found that vegan diets reduce the risk of heart disease in obese children.

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Childhood Obesity Leads to Hypertension Childhood obesity may lead to hypertension later in life, according to a study published online in Pediatrics.

Researchers followed BMI and blood pressure readings for 101,606 participants aged 3 to 17 from various health care providers for about three years. Those who became obese or remained obese were three times more likely to develop hypertension than those who maintained a healthy weight. This study demonstrates the effect of early weight gain on other chronic diseases during a

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